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LANSING — A package of bills that would provide big tax incentives for large companies that want to invest in Michigan was torpedoed in the House of Representatives on Tuesday night after Republicans said Gov. Rick Snyder made a deal with Democrats that they couldn't support.

Snyder, the Michigan Senate and many in the business community were pushing the bills hard for the last few weeks as a necessary tool to lure a large number of jobs to the state.

But three hours after the House Tax Policy committee voted 9-3 at about 8: 30 p.m. Tuesday to send the package to the full House, Speaker of the House Tom Leonard, R-DeWitt, said that deal would harm Republican caucus priorities and they were shelving the bill. The House then adjourned for its summer break and is scheduled to return only one day in July.

"Over the past couple of hours, I received information that raised serious questions on whether or not the governor cut a deal with the Democrats that would undermine Republican caucus priorities," Leonard said.

Republican sources in the House, who weren't authorized to speak on the record, said Snyder allegedly told Democrats he would veto any legislation that would negatively affect organized labor in exchange for their votes. One bill regarding prohibiting teachers' unions to include the school calendar in their collective bargaining agreements was on the House agenda Tuesday.

House Minority Leader Sam Singh, D-East Lansing, said the only deal that was made with the governor involved the amendments to the package that were requested by Democrats in order to secure enough votes to get committee approval earlier Tuesday.

Snyder is on a trade mission in Europe and won't be back in the U.S. until Saturday. His spokesman, Ari Adler, said Wednesday that Snyder and his team will continue to talk with Republicans and Democrats to figure out a way to get the bills done. He disputed the allegations that there was a "side deal" with the Democrats.

"The idea that there was some commitment on vetoing or signing anything related to this is inaccurate," he said. "It shouldn’t surprise anyone that we’re talking to both Republicans and Democrats about this."

"We’re making plans to have the governor meet with legislative leaders next week and provide any more information. they need," Adler added. "But there is a minimum number of votes required to pass a bill. So you work with the other party to see if you can get those votes."

Amendments to the bills included having the incentives end in 2019 and lowering the maximum amount of tax incentives at any one time from $250 million to $200 million.

"We want to make sure there was an economic incentive tool that was done appropriately that made sure that we invested in companies that were bringing higher paying jobs to our state," Singh said. "The focus of trying to make this a more contained and short-term incentive that would have a chance for a review was a critical piece that would get Democratic support."

The Good Jobs for Michigan bills would:

Allow businesses that expand or relocate to Michigan to receive up to a 10-year, 100% abatement on the personal income tax withholdings of new employees if at least 250 new jobs are brought to the state, at wage rates that are at least 125% above the average for the region.

The incentive would be a five-year, 50% abatement on those withholdings for companies that bring in at least 500 jobs that pay the average wage for the region.

Companies that bring up to 3,000 jobs to the state at average wages in the region also would qualify for the 100% incentive for up to 10 years.

Require that eligible companies make a good faith effort to hire Michiganders for the new jobs in the state.

Prohibit the eligible companies from using jobs obtained through a merger or acquisition of another company as a qualifier for the incentive.

The businesses would have to prove the jobs were created before they could qualify for the incentive and would be audited by an independent third party to ensure those jobs are maintained.

The incentive program would be limited to 15 new projects per year, with a maximum value for all outstanding projects at any time capped at $200 million.

While the bills got bipartisan support in committee, both Republicans and Democrats also opposed the incentives.

State Rep. Abdullah Hammoud, D-Dearborn, said he wasn't comfortable with the package because it didn't do enough to make sure companies stayed in the state.

"I would like to see something regarding retention so that companies that receive this want to stay here," he said. "If the reason this package is needed is because the incentives in other states are so much greater, I don't see how after they receive the incentive, they won't just uproot themselves and run to where the offer is more."

One of the reasons for the big push on the legislation on the last day of the session before summer break for the House was the state's efforts to lure companies such as Taiwanese-based technology giant Foxconn, which is looking to invest $7 billion in the U.S. The company makes screens for TVs and cell phones.

Snyder traveled to Japan earlier this month in the hunt for foreign investments in the state, and Foxconn officials have visited sites in Michigan three times in the last month. But Wisconsin is also in the mix for a possible investment by the company.

The bills — SB 242-244 — are now on hold until the House returns from its summer break. The Senate passed the package in March with a wide bipartisan majority and was hoping to wrap up work on the incentives before leaving for its summer break next week.

"He’s disappointed that the good jobs bill did not make its way back to the Senate for concurrence," said Amber McCann, spokeswoman for Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof. "Sen. Meekhof will have discussions with the governor to talk about what’s happened overall in the last few days of the session and I'm sure this will come up."